Health And Safety Manager

Powell Foundations Inc. (PFI) strives to provide clients with all their foundation needs. We specialize in constructing temporary excavation protection, pile driving, deep caisson shafts, sheet pile cofferdams, noise barriers, and overhead sign footings.

Our Health and Safety Manager's role requires solid field H&S experience in the construction sector and good business common sense. This person will have strong interpersonal, leadership, and organizational skills to promote safety while holding others accountable for working safely and ensuring our compliance with best practices.

If it is vital that you build Health and Safety cultures through team respect and education, not just rely on policy or policing, champion a strong safety culture, and want to take your career to the next level, this role is for you!

Job Duties

• Drive all aspects of Health and Safety with a hands-on approach within the field and office admin.
• Coach and conduct site inspections, safety incidents, and infractions.
• Develop and circulate weekly toolbox talks.
• Proactively help identify/analyze, develop, and document hazard identification and practices.
• Conduct and record regular and random site audits and ensure hazard assessments are done.
• Manage and update SiteDocs, participate, and develop job site handover files.
• Investigate accidents, incidents, and near misses. Document, provide recommendations, and follow up on corrective actions.
• Oversee and effectively manage all aspects of WSIB claims management and modified duty/RTW programs.
• Work with managers and employees to implement and improve effective Health and Safety processes.
• Actively promote a safety culture/mindset through continuous communications, process improvement, relationship building, and organizational leadership.
• Lead the Joint Health and Safety committees and field employee meetings.
• Facilitate onboarding, annual, and as-required employee training programs.
• Manage and run the PPE and Safety boot program.
• Maintain, learn, and uphold Health and Safety regulations, policies, practices, and procedures.
• Help continue the process to secure and maintain COR certification for Powell Foundations.
• Liaise with external agencies such as MOL, WSIB, and Safety organizations.
• Participate in learning opportunities with relevant industry events, regulatory consultations, etc.

Required Skills

• 4-6 years of Health and Safety experience in construction is required; civil is an asset.
• Degree/diploma in OH&S, Health Safety & Environmental Management, Safety Engineering, or a related field preferred.
• Comprehensive knowledge of OH&S legislation, Workers Compensation, and construction industry standards
• Prior Field construction experience as a labourer/operator/foreman will make you stand out.
• Progressive responsibility for hands-on experience gained with inspections, investigations, audits, and training.
• Demonstrate business common sense and good judgment.
• Available and able to perform occasional night and weekend inspections as reasonably required.
• Computer proficiency, emphasizing MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
• Certified JHSC Member.
• Valid Class G driver’s license and satisfactory abstract are a must.
• Previous participation in the COR certification process is an asset.
• Professional safety designation (or working towards) is an asset

Powell Foundations encompasses a diverse collection of successful businesses, but our spirit isn’t found in the diversity of our portfolio; it’s found in the diversity of our people. At Powell Foundations, we believe that our greatest opportunity for continued success is fostered in the belief that every voice matters. Each one of us has a unique story and we promise to do our part to ensure that those stories are heard, seen, acknowledged, and supported. We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience does not align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

#Powell Foundations is committed to meeting the accessibility needs of persons with disabilities in an effective and timely manner in accordance with the applicable standards set out in the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005 (AODA), the provisions of the Ontario Human Rights Code, and any other applicable legislation. We foster an inclusive organizational culture as an Equal Opportunity Employer

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